The first thing 23-year-old kayaker Adrián Simancas noticed after being briefly swallowed by a humpback whale was the slimy texture around him. “I spent a second realising I was inside the mouth of ...

Close encounters between humans and whales are rare, but they do happen. While most of these incidents end with awe and a story to tell, they also raise a terrifying question. What if a whale actually ...

Call him Adrián, who was swallowed by a whale and lived to tell the tale. In a new interview, Adrián described what it was like being scooped up inside the creature's mouth, nothing that he didn't ...

Whale sharks probably can’t fit you down their esophagus, but mariners claim that sperm whales have swallowed people in the past Rose Eveleth Contributor Whale sharks are really big. Their mouths can ...

Editor's note: The photos in this story may be disturbing to some readers. A museum in the Philippines made a startling discovery when working to determine how a whale died recently. The D' Bone ...

"Whalefest Monterey" will bring two days of science talks and family activities to Old Fisherman's Wharf. HAVE YOU MET DEE? Dee is a whale, though swimming the seas isn't Dee's thing. Rather, this is ...

Scientists are using artificial intelligence to understand sperm whale vocalizations. Lawyers think the discoveries may ...

“Progress and reaction have both turned out to be swindles. Seemingly there is nothing left but quietism — robbing reality of its terrors by simply submitting to it.” — George Orwell, “Inside the ...

Every Shark Week, we're reminded that there are two types of people: those who would never dip as much as a toe in the water if a shark could be within a 30 mile radius, and those who avidly consume ...

Don't miss the Announcement Trailer for Completely Fictional Story About a City Inside a Whale, a comedic exploration game developed by Contrast Games. Players will explore the whimsical town of ...